Mass intentions for the week ahead 4th September 2011

Saturday 3rd September
Vigil Mass 6.30 pm  Sybil Ryan and Stephen Burke

Sunday 4th September 
9.30 am    Intention free
11am        Bridget Powell
12.15 pm  Bridie Russell
6.30 pm    Bridget Corcoran

Monday 5th September    10am Nora McDonagh
Tuesday 6th September    10am  For all the Sick and Gerard McDonagh
Wednesday 7th September  10am  Seamus Quirke and Sean Mulvoy
Thursday 8th September      10am   Nellie, Terry and Joe Gurry
Friday  9th September          10am  Hugh James O'Beirne

Saturday 10th September
11.00 am  Agnes Frawley (Months Mind Mass)
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  Maureen and Tom Walsh and Alfred and Ray Maloney

Sunday 11th September
9.30 am  Willie Corcoran and Thomas and Bridget McDonagh
11 am     Statia Grehan
12.15 pm Denis O'Brien

3.00 pm  Mass in Rahoon Cemetery

6.30pm  Christy Morkan and Josephine and Patrick Corbett.

Parish Announcements for Sunday, 4th September 2011

• Next Thursday, September 8th is the Feast of the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

• Cemetery Sunday Mass in Rahoon Cemetery will take place next Sunday, 11th September at 3pm.

• Last Sunday's special collection for CURA raised €900. Thank you for your contributions.

• The annual Mini Vigil organised by Fr Seán Kilcoyne will take place in the Old Church in Knock next Friday, September 9th from 8.15pm to 12 midnight. Bus leaving Bushy Park Church at 5.15pm and Galway Cathedral at 5.30pm. Fare €10. Contact Fr Kilcoyne at 087-2359576 or 091-523459 to book. For more details, see our previous post.

• The Months Mind Mass for the late Agnes Frawley, Whitehall Close and Claremont, will take place next Saturday, 10th September, at 11am.

• We remember in our prayers those who died during the week: Dónal Morkan, Ashe Road, Shantalla and Jan Doyle, Cuar na Lus.

Pope tells youth: This is your moment.

‘… you have met Jesus Christ! You will be swimming against the tide in a society with a relativistic culture which wishes neither to seek nor hold on to the truth. But it was for this moment in history, with its great challenges and opportunities, that the Lord sent you, so that, through your faith, the Good News of Jesus might continue to resound throughout the earth.’

Pope Benedict XVI, Remarks before the Angelus, after the final Mass of World Youth Day, Cuatro Vientos Air Base, Madrid, 21^st August 2011

Notice received

Thonabrucky Challenge and Family Fun Day

Raising funds for Rahoon-Newcastle Hurling Club and Galway CF Hospital project.

Cumann Iomanaíochta Rathún-An Chaisleán Nua will host a 6km fun run on Sunday 11^th September 2011 at 1pm. Race is starting and finishing at Rathún-An Chaisleán Nua’s clubhouse in Thonabrucky. €20 per single entry, €30 for families and free to under 16’s.

Family Fun Day after the race from 2pm at the clubhouse with a BBQ, games, egg and spoon race, wheelbarrow race, long puc, tug of war, bouncing castles, donkey and pony rides and more.

For more information or to register, log onto:

www.runireland.com

www.rahoonnewcastle.com



'We cannot follow Jesus on our own.'

‘Make Christ, the Son of God, the centre of your life. But let me also remind you that following Jesus in faith means walking at his side in the communion of the Church. We cannot follow Jesus on our own. Anyone who would be tempted to do so “on his own”, or to approach the life of faith with that kind of individualism so prevalent today, will risk never truly encountering Jesus, or will end up following a counterfeit Jesus.’

Pope Benedict XVI, Homily at Final Mass of World Youth Day, Cuatro Vientos Air Base, Madrid, 21^st August 2011

Notices Received

Lough Derg Upcoming Events

One Day Retreats

Places are still available on 5^th, 6^th, 12^th, 13^th, 14^th, 17^th, 18^th, 19^th & 20^th September

Cost €30 per person includes boat fare, tea/coffee & scones on arrival and a light lunch.

Wednesday 7^th September Reflection Day

Facilitated by Sr Maureen James, this Guided Quiet Day includes group discussion, personal prayer and reflection and free time to enjoy the Sanctuary.

Cost €35 per person includes boat fare, tea/coffee & scones on arrival and a light lunch.

Sunday 11^th September 9km Pilgrim Path Walk

Lough Derg Visitors Centre starting at 12 noon – (Registration from 11:30am)

Entry Fee: €20 Adults / €10 child (includes refreshments, t-shirt & kit bag)

RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL

www.loughderg.org

Lough Derg Office, Pettigo, Co Donegal

Email: info@loughderg.org

Telephone: 071 9861518 (from N.I. 028 686 32391)

 www.loughderg.org

Viatores Christi

Since 1960, Viatores Christi has aimed to respond to needs overseas and at home by giving people an opportunity to share their lives and skills with those in need. People from all backgrounds and professions join Viatores Christi - people who want to challenge themselves to make a difference in the world, however big or small. Right now, we need people from all disciplines, from teachers to electricians, doctors to administrators, farmers to childcare workers.

If you want to explore such a challenge, come and meet us in Galway on Wednesday 14^th September 2011 7.00– 9.00pm

Unit 9 Westside Business Ctr Seamus Quirke rd Galway

For further information please contact info@viatoreschristi.com or Tel. 01-8689986 or log on to www.viatoreschristi.com

Viatores Christi, 8 New Cabra Road, Phibsboro, Dublin 7.

Goal Fundraiser

“Bags for Life” GOAL Fundraiser takes place at 7.30pm on Thursday 22^nd September at The Twelve Hotel, Barna.

The event will feature hundreds of donated handbags of all shapes, sizes, colours and brands - all competitively-priced and up for grabs on a first-come, first-served basis

If you wish to donate a new/nearly new handbag, purses, costume jewellery please contact Maura Lennon of GOAL at (087)9146837

All support would be greatly appreciated.

Jesuit Church Gospel Choir 

NEW Gospel Choir starting for teenagers.
First rehearsal Sept 8th
Musicians also welcome
Contact Keara 0879007003

High Ideals and Faith

‘If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true happiness and joy. Faith does not run counter to your highest ideals; on the contrary, it elevates and perfects those ideals. Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ.’

- Pope Benedict XVI, Homily at Prayer Vigil with Young People on the Eve of World Youth Day, Cuatro Vientos Air Base, Madrid, 20^th August 2011

The Vocation to Marriage - Pope speaks at WYD

‘The Lord calls many people to marriage, in which a man and a woman, in becoming one flesh (cf. Gen 2:24), find fulfilment in a profound life of communion. It is a prospect that is both bright and demanding. It is a project for true love which is daily renewed and deepened by sharing joys and sorrows, one marked by complete self-giving. For this reason, to acknowledge the beauty and goodness of marriage is to realize that only a setting of fidelity and indissolubility, along with openness to God’s gift of life, is adequate to the grandeur and dignity of marital love.’

- Pope Benedict XVI, Homily at Prayer Vigil with Young People on the eve of World Youth Day, Cuatro Vientos Air Base, Madrid, 20^th August 2011

Funeral of Dónal Morkan, RIP, Ash Road

The remains of the late Dónal Morkan will be reposing at his home at 3 Ash Road, Shantalla this Wednesday, 31st July from 5.30pm with removal to the Church of the Sacred Heart here at 7.00pm. The Funeral Mass will be on Thursday, 1st September at 11.00am.

Eternal rest grant to him, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.

World Youth Day Stations of the Cross

‘As we were making our way with Jesus towards the place of his sacrifice on Mount Calvary, the words of Saint Paul came to mind: “Christ loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal 2:20). In the face of such disinterested love, we find ourselves asking, filled with wonder and gratitude: What can we do for him? What response shall we give him? Saint John puts it succinctly: “By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren” (1 Jn 3:16). Christ’s passion urges us to take upon our own shoulders the sufferings of the world, in the certainty that God is not distant or far removed from man and his troubles.’

Pope Benedict XVI, Address after the Way of the Cross for World Youth Day, Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid, 19^th August 2011

Vocations to Priesthood

St Patrick's College, Maynooth

22 new seminarians began their studies for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Maynooth yesterday (Sunday), including one young man for our Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora. There are now four students in formation for the diocese in Maynooth. Please remember them in your prayers and pray that others will also answer God's call.

If you feel the stirrings of a call to priesthood or religious life, don't hesitate to chat with Mons. Malachy or Fr Hugh and we will do what we can to help point you in the right direction.

Highlights of World Youth Day 2011

Obviously it is not possible for everybody to get to World Youth Day, but through the wonders of the internet, we can get a virtual taste of this great festival of faith. Click on the video and be inspired!



Parish Announcements for Sunday, 28th August 2011

• The annual special collection for CURA takes places at Masses this weekend. CURA is a voluntary organisation, which offers support and help to those who are faced with a crisis pregnancy. For information, see http://www.cura.ie/
 
• The First Friday of the month takes place this week on September 2nd. Mons. Malachy and Fr Hugh will bring Holy Communion to those who are housebound due to illness or old age. Please let us know of anybody who has become housebound recently and would like to receive Communion on the First Friday.
 
• Mass for Cemetery Sunday in Rahoon Cemetery will take place on Sunday, September 11th at 3pm.
 
• We remember in our prayers Dorothy Ryan, who died in Dublin this week, sister of Detta Lee, Colmcille Road.

 

Benedict XVI to youth: 'Seek truth while you are young...'

The young Fr Joseph Ratzinger seeking the truth

‘Youth is a privileged time for seeking and encountering truth. As Plato said: “Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp” (Parmenides, 135d).’

 - Pope Benedict XVI, Meeting with Young University Professors for Madrid World Youth Day, Basilica of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, 19^th August 2011

Pope meets young women religious at World Youth Day

The vocation to religious life is still an important element in the life of the Church. Great things are happening in many parts of the world with a new flowering of religious life. Therefore, we continue our glance through some highlights of last week's World Youth Day in Madrid with some of the Pope's words to young religious women.

'In a world of relativism and mediocrity, we need that radicalism to which your consecration, as a way of belonging to the God who is loved above all things, bears witness.'

'Gospel radicalism finds expression in the mission God has chosen to entrust to us: from the contemplative life, which welcomes into its cloisters the word of God in eloquent silence and adores his beauty in the solitude which he alone fills, to the different paths of the apostolic life, in whose furrows the seed of the Gospel bears fruit in the education of children and young people, the care of the sick and elderly, the pastoral care of families, commitment to respect for life, witness to the truth and the proclamation of peace and charity, mission work and the new evangelization, and so many other sectors of the Church’s apostolate.'

- Pope Benedict XVI, Meeting with Young Women Religious for World Youth Day, Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, 19th August 2011

Fr Sean Kilcoyne's Knock Mini Vigil

Fr Seán Kilcoyne,

Chaplain, Bons Secours Hospital, Renmore

The Mini-Vigil organised annually by Fr Seán Kilcoyne will take place at Knock Shrine (Old Church) on Friday, September 9th 2011 from 8.15pm until midnight.
The homily will be given by Bishop Brendan Kelly of Achonry and reflections during the Holy Hour will be given by Sr Alphonsus P.B.V.M.

Bus leaving:

Bushy Park Church @ 5.15pm

Galway Cathedral @ 5.30pm

Renmore Church @ 5.45pm

Castlegar Church @ 6.00pm

Fare €10.

This is usually a prayerful and happy occasion, a chance for some peace, prayer, and reflection.

Enquiries to Fr Seán - Telephone 087 235 9576 or (091) 523459.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 28th August 2011

Saturday 27th August
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm Della and Willie Lally and Briidie and Edward Courtney
Sunday 28th August
9.30 am  Deceased members of the Lee family
11am      Paddy Kennedy and Ned Walsh and Michael Walsh

12.15 pm  Niall Thornton
6.30 pm    Kate, Martin and Peter McDonagh

Monday 29th August 10am  Intention free
Tuesday 30th August 10am  For all the Sick and Ita Hanley
Wednesday 31st August 10am  Jack Holland
Thursday 1st September  10am  Cis Berry and family.
Friday 2nd September  10am Colman Hickey and deceased members of
                                              the family.
Saturday 3rd September
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm  Sybil Ryan and Stephen Burke

Sunday 4th September
9.30 am  Intention free
11am      Intention free
12.15 pm  Bridie Russell
6.30 pm    Bridget Corcoran

'They will wonder what the secret of your life is...'

'Dear friends: be prudent and wise, build your lives upon the firm foundation which is Christ. This wisdom and prudence will guide your steps, nothing will make you fear and peace will reign in your hearts. Then you will be blessed and happy and your happiness will influence others. They will wonder what the secret of your life is and they will discover that the rock which underpins the entire building and upon which rests your whole existence is the very person of Christ, your friend, brother and Lord, the Son of God incarnate, who gives meaning to all the universe.'

- Pope Benedict XVI, Welcoming Ceremony with Young People for World Youth Day in Madrid, Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid, 18th August, 2011

Mass intentions for the week ahead 21st August 2011

Saturday 20th August
Vigil Mass 6.30 pm  Mary and Frank Nally and Tony Higgins

Sunday 21st August
9.30 am  John Madden
11 am  Raymond O'Neill and deceased members of the Hehir and
           O'Neill families.   Jackie O'Reilly
12.15 pm  Caroline Feeney and Joseph Hoade
6.30 pm    Gary Daly and deceased members of Daly family.

Monday 22nd August
10am  Michael and Josephine  Osmond
Tuesday 23rd August
10am  For all the Sick
Wednesday 24th August
10am  Intention free
Thursday 25th August
Mary Breeney (Months Mind Mass)
Friday 26th August
10am  Marguerita Burgess

Saturday 27th August
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  Della and Willie Lally and Bridie and Edward Courtney

Sunday 28th August
9.30 am    Deceased members of Lee family.
11am        Paddy Kennedy and Ned and Micheal Walsh
12.15       Niall Thornton
6.30 pm   Kate, Martin and Peter McDonagh.

Pope Benedict's Schedule for World Youth Day

(N.B. These are Madrid times, one hour ahead of Ireland.)

Thursday, 18 August 2011

9:30 - Departure by plane from Ciampino Airport for Madrid
12:00 - Arrival at Madrid-Barajas International Airport
Welcoming ceremony at Madrid-Barajas International Airport
19:15 - Walking with young people through the Puerta de Alcalá to Plaza de Independencia
19:30 - Welcoming celebration by the young people at Plaza de Cibeles

Friday, 19 August 2011

7:30 - Private Mass at the Chapel of the Apostolic Nunciature of Madrid
10:00 - Courtesy Visit to Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain at Palacio de la Zarzuela
11:30 - Meeting with the women religious at Patio de los Reyes de El Escorial
12:00 - Meeting with young university professors gathered in the Basilica de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
13:45 - Luncheon with the young people at the Hall of Ambassadors in the Apostolic Nunciature of Madrid
17:30 - Official meeting with the Prime Minister of Spain in the Apostolic Nunciature of Madrid
19:30 - Way of the Cross with young people at Plaza de Cibeles

Saturday, 20 August 2011

9:00 - Sacrament of penance to some young people taking part in the 26th WYD at the Jardines del Buen Retiro
10:00 - Holy Mass with seminarians at the Cathedral of Santa María la Real de la Almudena
12:45 - Luncheon with Spanish Cardinals, Bishops of the Madrid Province, the Auxiliary Bishops of Madrid and  Papal Entourage at the Residence of Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid
17:00 - Meeting with the Organizing Committee of the 26th WYD at the Apostolic Nunciature of Madrid
19:40 - Visit to Fundación Instituto S. José for disabled youth
20:30 - Prayer vigil with young people at Cuatro Vientos Airport of Madrid

Sunday, 21 August 2011

9:30 - Holy Mass on the occasion of the 26th World Youth Day at Cuatro Vientos Airport of Madrid
12:45 - Luncheon with the Spanish Cardinals and the Papal Entourage at the Apostolic Nunciature of Madrid
17:00 - Departure from the Apostolic Nunciature of Madrid
17:30 - Meeting with volunteers of the 26th World Youth Day at Pavilion 9 of the new Trade Fair-IFEMA
18:30 - Farewell ceremony at Madrid-Barajas International Airport
19:00 - Departure by plane from Madrid-Barajas International Airport for Rome
21:30 - Arrival at Rome/Ciampino Airport

Pope Benedict's homilies and talks on occasions like these are always excellent and well worth following as the days unfold. You can follow them all here:
http://www.madrid11.com/en

As a taster, click here to read the Pope's message in preparation for WYD.

Our prayers and best wishes go with the group of young people from our Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, accompanied by Bishop Martin Drennan.
World Youth Day benefits not just those in attendance, but the whole world. It is part of the New Evangelisation, helping a new generation of young people to love our Lord and their Catholic faith. As Pope Benedict says in his message,

'Dear young people, the Church depends on you! She needs your lively faith, your creative charity and the energy of your hope. Your presence renews, rejuvenates and gives new energy to the Church. That is why World Youth Days are a grace, not only for you, but for the entire People of God.'

Notices sent in

We have received requests to include the following notices:

Grow: World Community Mental Health Movement in Ireland
Summer BBQ fundraiser on Sunday 21st August 2011 @ 3pm, Westwood House, Dangan.
Tickets: €20 adults, €10 children 5-15 years, free for children under 5.
Music, raffle prizes, etc.
Tickets available from: Westwood Hotel (091) 521442; Mary 085 1499838; Aideen 086 8032731

Returning to Third Level Education
Galway City Partnership is organising a series of workshops for people who have been out of the education system for a period and are now returning to third level education. Dr Seamus Morrisey will facilitate three free lunchtime workshops:
* Preparing to start your course - Tues, 6th Sept
* Study skills and how to write assessments - Tues, 4th Oct
* Research skills and writing research projects - Tues, 8th Nov
These workshops will run from 1-2pm in Westside Resource Centre, Seamus Quirke Road.
To book, contact (091) 773466 or email seamus@gcp.ie

Assumption Mass Times for Monday 15th August 2011

We celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven this Monday, August 15th. Mass times here in the Church of the Sacred Heart will be at 10.00am, 11.30am and 6.30pm on the day itself. (The Mass the evening before is for the Sunday.)

Guercino, The Assumption of Mary (1655)

Finally, the Immaculate Virgin, preserved free from all stain of original sin, when the course of her earthly life was finished, was taken up body and soul into Heavenly glory and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be the more fully conformed to her son, the Lord of Lords and conqueror of sin and death.

Pope Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus 44

World Youth Day Madrid 2011



This week, a very important occasion on the Church calendar occurs in Madrid, Spain. World Youth Day was born from Pope John Paul II's evangelising outreach to young people. During his pontificate, enthusiasm for this gathering of Catholic youth from all over the world continued to grow. Pope Benedict has continued papal involvement in WYD. In reality, the event now spans a full week, culminating with Mass celebrated by the Pope on the final day, World Youth Day itself, which will be next Sunday, 21st August 2011.

Great fruit has come of WYD as thousands of young people have become alive in their faith due to the experience. They bring home a sense of the joy of believing in Jesus and belonging to the universal Church.

Why not taste the atmosphere during this momentous week? You can follow coverage here at EWTN.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 14th August 2011

Saturday 13th August
11.00 am  Molly Cleary (Months Mind Mass)
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm  Derek O'Neill and 2. Mary and Peter O'Brien
                                  and their daughter Carmel McNulty.
Sunday 14th August
9.30 am  Winnie, Michael, Bridget and Sean Ridge
11am      Aengus Murphy and 2. John Lovett and Christina Furey
12.15pm Martha Brennan and 2. Sue Small
6.30 pm  Paula Burke-Collins

Monday 15th August  Feast of the Assumption
10am Fred Hanley and the deceased members of the family.
11.30 am  William, Mary and Bridie Coyne
6.30 pm  Kathleen Walsh

Tuesday 16th August
10am  For all the Sick
2.00 pm   Special Lourdes Mass
Wednesday 17th August
10am  Deceased members of Reidy family.
6.00 pm  -  8.00 pm  Indian Community Mass
Thursday 18th August  
10am  Bridie Whelan
Friday 19th August  10am  Tom and Nora O'Halloran

Saturday 20th August
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm  Mary and Frank Nally and 2. Tony Higgins

Sunday 21st August
9.30 am     Intention free
11am         Raymond O'Neill and deceased members of Hehir and
                 O'Neill families.  2. Jackie O'Reilly.
12.15 pm  Caroline Feeney and Joseph Hoade
6.30 pm    Gary Daly and deceased members of Daly family.

Blog will soon be back in action

New parish blog editor, Fr Hugh Clifford CC

Greetings from the new parish blog editor! I had not operated a blog before, so I visited former Sacred Heart Curate, Fr David Murphy, in Clarinbridge today and he kindly gave me a training session in blogging. As I get settled in to the parish here, I hope to get the blog back up and running. Thanks to regular readers for your patience in the meantime.

Cemetery Sunday, Bohermore will take place on Sunday 21st August.
Mass will begin at 11  am.

Cemetery Sunday, Rahoon will take place on Sunday 11th September.
Mass will begin at 3 pm.

National Public Novena in honour of our Lady of Knock

14th August to 22nd August 2011
The above novena  is being held at Knock shrine twice daily
afternoon at 3pm and evening at 8.30 pm.
and on Sundays and Holy Days at 2.30 pm

Mass intentions for the week ahead 7th August 2011

Saturday 6th August
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm

Sunday 7th August
9.30 am    Annie and Michael McDermott
11 am       Paddy Feeney and deceased members of Gill and Feeney families.

12.15 pm  Noel Dunne and Anne O'Brien
6.30 pm    Intention free

Monday 8th August          10am  Pauline Flynn
Tuesday 9th August          10am  For all the Sick
Wednesday 10th August  10am  Patrick and Michael O'Donohue
Thursday 11th August      10am  Intention free
Friday 12th August           10am  Intention free


Saturday 13th August  11 am  Molly Cleary (Months Mind Mass)
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm Derek O'Neill and 2.  Mary and Peter O'Brien and
                                                                   their daughter Carmel McNulty.
Sunday 14th August
9.30 am     Winnie, Michael, Bridget and Sean Ridge.
11am         Aengus Murphy and 2. John Lovett and Christina Furey.
12.15 pm   Martha Brennan and 2. Sue Small
6.30 pm     Paula Burke-Collins.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 31st July 2011

Saturday 30th July 
Vigil Mass 6.30 pm  Joe Lardner and Moira Smith

Sunday 31st July
9.30 am    Mary and Brod Trill
11am        Bill Keane and Sean Kilraine
12.15 pm  Malcolm O'Shaughnessy
6.30 pm    Christine Barrett recently deceased.

Monday 1st August  10 am    Intention free
Tuesday 2nd August  10am    For all the Sick.
Wednesday 3rd August 10am Intention free
Thursday 4th August 10am  Martin Walsh, his sister Kathleen and brother Michael
Friday 5th August   10am  Gerard McDonagh

Saturday 6th August
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm   Intention free
Sunday 7th August
9.30 am  Intention free
11am      Paddy Feeney and deceased members of Gill Feeney families.
12.15 pm  Noel Dunne and Anne O'Brien
6.30 pm    Intention free

Mass intentions for the week ahead 24th July 2011

Saturday 23rd July
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm  Pat Guerin (Months Mind Mass)
Pray for Michael Hernon, San Francisco who died recently
at all Masses this weekend.

Sunday 24th July
9.30 am    Special Intention
11am        Eamon Flaherty
12.15 pm  Joe Ryan
6.30 pm    Intention free

Monday 25th July  10am    Michael McGuire
Tuesday 26th July  10am    For all the Sick
Wednesday 27th July  10am  Thomas and Mary Griffin
Thursday 28th July      10 am      Intention free
Friday  29th July          10 am      Intention free

Saturday 30th July
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm   Joe Lardner and Moira Smith

Sunday 31st July
9.30 am    Mary and Brod Trill
11am        Bill Keane and Sean Kilraine
12.15 pm  Malcolm O'Shaughnessy
6.30 pm    Christine Barrett recently deceased.

Message from Father David.

My Farewell Speech to the People of Westside

This is my last weekend with you. In the clerical changes this year by the Bishop I have been appointed to Clarinbridge and I take up my post there next Friday, July 22^nd.

I have had a wonderful eight and a half years here in Westside, and you are the reason for that. You have welcomed me into your homes, into your lives and into your hearts. I want to thank you for your care, support, friendship and prayers. I want to thank you for being who you are. All I have ever wanted to be is an ordinary lad from Galway, and you have allowed me to be that ordinary lad by welcoming me into your lives. It has been an incredible journey, and a journey I have never taken for granted, because I have been the privileged one in your presence. My being here with you has been a time of grace for me, a time when I have sought to make my way along the path God has asked me to follow.

I am indeed a fragile vessel, and I want to say too, from that fragility, that if there has been anyone I have hurt in any way I am truly sorry. One of the most difficult, and yet one of the ways in which God allows you to grow, is to keep you grounded in your humanity and fragility. All I can say to anyone I ever upset is that it was never my intention, and I say that from the very bottom of my heart.

This is an incredibly challenging time for the Irish Church, the darkest since the Penal Times. This week has seen yet another chapter in this sorry saga with the publication of the Cloyne Report. I am so glad that it is here I have found shelter in the eye of the storm. I want you to know that I am sure of one thing, and that is that I would not have lasted in the priesthood without you with me while the gales raged. You can ask any of my friends and family and they will confirm that. They know how fond I am of the people of the Westside, and how I describe you all as ‘the salt of the earth’.

Fr. Hugh Clifford is replacing me. I studied in Maynooth with Fr. Hugh, and know him for many years. He is a native of Glenina Heights, and was ordained in the Jubilee Year 2000. Those of you from Bohermore may remember his grandparents shop, Conneely’s, on the Bohermore Road. Hugh is a very fine priest, and he is looking forward to returning from his studies in Rome to be with you. I am so happy it is Hugh that is replacing me because I know him to be a person of conviction, courage and compassion.

I want no clapping for me now, no gifts or fulsome praise; all I desire is that you will remember me in your prayers, and that you will keep in touch.

‘I finish with an old Irish blessing:

May the road rise up to meet you,

May the wind be ever at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face

And the rain fall softly on your fields.

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the hollow of his hand’.

Mass intentions for the week ahead 17th July 2011

Saturday 16th July
Vigil Mass    6.30 pm  Fintan Scally and Stephen Lally
Sunday 17th July
9.30 am  Patrick Harty and Yvonne Crowley
11am      Patrick and Esther Colohan and Jack Spellman and
              deceased members of  Spellman and Donnellan families.
12.15 pm  Bernard McDonagh and Liver Transplant Unit and Receivers.
6.30 pm    Mary Holland and Stephen Murphy.

Monday 18th July
10am   Holy Souls and Ethna Molloy
Tuesday 19th July
10am  For all the Sick.
Wednesday 20th July
10am  Special Intention
6.00 -  8.00 pm   Indian Community Mass
Thursday 21st July
10am   Kathleen Walsh recently deceased
Friday 22nd July
10am  Special Intention.

Saturday 23rd July
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm  Pat Guerin (Months Mind Mass)
Sunday 24th July
9.30 am  Special Intention
11am      Eamon Flaherty
12.15 pm  Joe Ryan
6.30 pm   

Molly Cleary, R.I.P.

CLEARY (née Prendergast) (Clifton Park, Newcastle, Galway and formerly Clonmel, Co. Tipperary) July 10, 2011, (unexpectedly), Molly, dearly loved wife of Seán for sixty-two years, much loved mother of Mary, Seán, Patricia, Gerard, Edel, Aidan and Siobhán; Molly is sadly missed by her loving husband, sons and daughters, her sons-in-law Terry, Brian and Liam, daughters-in-law Eleanor, Breda and Anne, seventeen adored grandchildren and three great-granddaughters, her sister Nancy King, relatives and friends. Reposing at the O'Flaherty Funeral Parlour, Munster Avenue, Galway tomorrow (Wednesday) from 6 o'c. with Removal at 7.30 o'c. to our church. Funeral after 11 o'c. Mass on Thursday to Rahoon Cemetery. Family flowers by request. Donations in memory of Molly to Croí if desired.

'May her gentle soul rest in peace'.

Newsletter/Nuachtlitir, 10ú Iúil.

Thanks to all who turned out in spite of the inclement weather to welcome the Congress Bell to Sacred Heart!

(Thanks to Fr. Barry Horan for these pictures)

Don’t forget! Adoration takes place throughout the year (apart for a week after Christmas Day, a week after Easter Sunday and Race Week) from Monday to Friday from 8 to 10 and on Saturday and Sunday after the 6:30 evening Vigil Mass. It is entirely run by a great team of volunteers devoted to the Eucharist. Come and meet the Lord!

This is the link to the Congress Website:

http://www.iec2012.ie/

(you'll also always find it on the menu bar at the side of this page)

Mass Intentions for the week ahead

Saturday 9th July
Vigil Mass
6.30 pm Peter Griffin and Gerard Garvey
Sunday 10th July
9.30 am
11am Maura and George King
12.15 pm Mary and Jack Hoare and Kathleen and John Guerin
6.30 pm Special Intention
Monday 11th July
10am Martin and Nora Connor and Padraic and Mary Connor
Tuesday 12th July
10am For all the Sick
Wednesday 13th July
10am Bridie Whelan
Thursday 14th July
10am Intention free
Friday 15th July 10am Celine Brennan
Saturday 16th July
Vigil Mass 6.30 pm Fintan Scally and Stephen Lally
Sunday 17th July
9.30 am Patrick Harty and Yvonne Crowley
11am Patrick and Esther Colohan and Jack Spellman and deceased
members of Donnellan and Spellman families.
12.15 pm Bernard McDonagh and Liver Transplant Donors and Receivers.
6.30 pm Mary Holland and Stephen Murphy.

Some Summer Reading
The Following books have recently been published by Four Courts Press. For additional details on any title or to order a copy go to:

http://www.fourcourtspress.ie

Cardinal Paul Cullen and his world

Dáire Keogh &Albert McDonnell, editors

Thirty renowned scholars offer a broad perspective on Cardinal Paul Cullen (1803–78) whose authority from the mid-19th century was ubiquitous within Irish society and the English-speaking world. Contemporaries spoke of the ‘Cullenization of Irish society’; a Times obituary celebrated him as ‘an agent of great change’, while a critical James Joyce lampooned the cardinal as the ‘apple of God’s eye’.

Four Courts Press. 480pp Ills. 978-1-84682-235-3 €55.00 Hardback.

Available.

Glendalough: City of God
Charles Doherty, Linda Doran and Mary Kelly, editors

Glendalough is one of the most enchanting archaeological and monastic sites in Ireland. Yet for all its familiarity the complex retains a serenity that signals a special place outside the concerns of this world – a City of God. This stunning book breaks new ground by considering the site in this light.
Four Courts Press. 356pp Colour Ills. 978-1-84682-170-7 €50.00. Hardback.

Available.

Ireland, 1815-1870: Emancipation, famine and religion

Donnchadh Ó Corrain &Tomás O’Riordan, editors
This book is part of the Four Courts History of Ireland Series which offers a fresh approach to Irish history since the Act of Union (1801). In place of a general narrative, each book in the series focuses on major aspects of Irish history. These books answer to the needs of university students, the general reader, and all those interested in Irish history.
Four Courts Press. 320pp. Illustrated. 978-1-84682-232-2 €19.95. Paperback
Available.

Ireland, 1870-1914: Coercion and conciliation
Donnchadh Ó Corrain &Tomás O’Riordan, editors
Part two of the Four Courts History of Ireland Series. Essential reading material for university students, the general reader, and all those interested in Irish history.
Four Courts Press. 354pp. Illustrated. 978-1-84682-233-9 €19.95. Paperback
Available.

Reshaping Ireland, 1550-1700: Colonization and its consequences
Brian Mac Cuarta SJ, editor
This book extends our understanding of the colonial paradigm in early modern Ireland and includes the following themes: Plantation cartography and building, colonial discourse, the peerage, Caroline political culture, language change and evolving views of the Irish past are further themes. It also looks at the role of the Ulster Scots and how identities in Ireland were shaped by late 17th-century developments.
Four Courts Press. 320pp. Colour Ills. 978-1-84682-272-8 €55.00. Hardback.
Available.

Churches show muscle to broker Ironman deal

An Article from this week’s City Tribune

(See response from our Diocesan Secretary below)

July 8, 2011 - 7:15am

Organisers to lay on special transport for Massgoers

By Denise McNamara

A compromise has been brokered between the organisers of the International Ironman Triathlon and city churches to shepherd infirm Mass-goers to services while roads are closed off to traffic during the international event in September.

A campaign waged by the churches involved priests bombarding councillors as well as Galway City Council with letters, emails and phone calls, voicing their disquiet over the widespread closures which would prevent the faithful from attending Sunday Mass.

The Ironman competition will take place in Galway in September with up to 10,000 expected to descend on the city, including 2,500 athletes from 30 countries, who will complete a gruelling run, swim and a cycle. The event is expected to generate millions in revenue for the city with international TV coverage also assured.

Churches at Barna, Moycullen, Bushypark, Claddagh will be affected for a few hours by the traffic detours on the day of the event – Sunday, September 4 – with Salthill the worst affected as the resort will be closed off to vehicular access from 7am to 5pm.

Contrary to reports that the closures would last for five days, there will be just one 200 metre stretch of road outside the Aquarium which will be off limits to traffic between Friday evening and Sunday.

Fr Gerry Jennings, parish priest at Salthill, was particularly vocal in his criticism. “I still think it’s unfair the church is closed off for 10 hours. People have the right to worship on a Sunday,” he said.

A spokesman for the Ironman event manager said they had offered to lay on a bus to transport anybody unable to make their own way to Salthill Church.

“We’re making huge progress on this. We are actively getting things ironed out. We’re asking the priests to work with us on this one and encourage parishioners to go to Mass on Saturday or Sunday evening and, if they need it, we will transport them on the Sunday morning.”

The September race will be the first Ironman event in Ireland and will begin with a 1.9km swim in Galway Bay followed by a 90km scenic bike course towards Connemara and finish with a 21km run that will conclude at Eyre Square in the city centre.

For more on this story, see the Galway City Tribune.

Message from Fr. Martin Whelan, Diocesan Secretary

Dear Rev. Father,

I have been in contact with Evan Molloy of the City Council and Kieran McGlynn of the County Council.

They have informed me that the Temporary Road Closures scheduled for Sunday, Sept 4th 2011 are proceeding regardless of the objection raised by the Diocesan Office.

It would be important that your parishioners are informed of these developments.

Fr. Martin Whelan

Diocesan Secretary

Diocesan Office

The Cathedral

Galway

Ireland

Tel: 00-353-91-563566

Fax: 00-353-91-568333

Email: galwaydiocese at eircom.net

Website:

http://www.galwaydiocese.ie

Read the Notice of Intent on the City Council’s Website

http://www.galwaycity.ie/GeneralNews/160611_01.html

Travel to Donegal

Ards Friary Retreat and Conference Centre have some great retreats coming up:

http://www.ardsfriary.ie/

Lough Derg

You may have seen the fascinating Nationwide programme on RTÉ last evening (July 8^th) about Lough Derg, one of our oldest pilgrimage and penance sites. This is their website if you’re up for the challenge!!

http://www.loughderg.org/

Saint of the Week

Saint Benedict from which our current Holy Father took his name, the sixteenth Pontiff to do so

COPYRIGHT:

http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1441

It is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest influence on monasticism in the West. Benedict is well recognized in the later Dialogues of St. Gregory, but these are sketches to illustrate miraculous elements of his career.

Benedict was born into a distinguished family in central Italy, studied at Rome and early in life was drawn to the monastic life. At first he became a hermit, leaving a depressing world—pagan armies on the march, the Church torn by schism, people suffering from war, morality at a low ebb.

He soon realized that he could not live a hidden life in a small town any better than in a large city, so he withdrew to a cave high in the mountains for three years. Some monks chose him as their leader for a while, but found his strictness not to their taste. Still, the shift from hermit to community life had begun for him. He had an idea of gathering various families of monks into one “Grand Monastery” to give them the benefit of unity, fraternity, permanent worship in one house. Finally he began to build what was to become one of the most famous monasteries in the world—Monte Cassino, commanding three narrow valleys running toward the mountains north of Naples.

The Rule that gradually developed prescribed a life of liturgical prayer, study, manual labor and living together in community under a common father (abbot). Benedictine asceticism is known for its moderation, and Benedictine charity has always shown concern for the people in the surrounding countryside. In the course of the Middle Ages, all monasticism in the West was gradually brought under the Rule of St. Benedict.

Today the Benedictine family is represented by two branches: the Benedictine Federation and the Cistercians.

Comment:

The Church has been blessed through Benedictine devotion to the liturgy, not only in its actual celebration with rich and proper ceremony in the great abbeys, but also through the scholarly studies of many of its members. Liturgy is sometimes confused with guitars or choirs, Latin or Bach. We should be grateful to those who both preserve and adapt the genuine tradition of worship in the Church.

Quote:

“Rightly, then, the liturgy is considered as an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ. In the liturgy the sanctification of man is manifested by signs perceptible to the senses...; in the liturgy full public worship is performed by the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, that is, by the Head and his members.

“From this it follows that every liturgical celebration, because it is an action of Christ the priest and of his Body the Church, is a sacred action, surpassing all others” (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, 7).

Patron Saint of:

Europe

Kidney disease

Poisoning

Schoolchildren

Mass intention for the week ahead 3rd July 2011

Saturday 2nd July  Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Vigil Mass   6.30 pm Nicholas Conneely and Margaret and Anthony Lynch
Sunday 3rd July
9.30 am  Liam McKnight
11am      Delia Delaney
12.15 pm  Kathleen and Edward Diviney
6.30 pm    Mass (Pro Popula)

Monday 4th July
10am  Holy Souls and Maura Maguire and family and Micko.
Tuesday 5th July          10am   For all the Sick
Wednesday 6th July    10am   Josie Pender
Thursday 7th July       10am   Intention free
Friday 8th July            10am   Intention free

Saturday 9th July
Vigil Mass  6.30 pm     Peter Griffin and Gerard Garvey.

Sunday 10th July
9.30 am     Intention free
11am         Maura and George King
12.15 pm  Intention free
6.30 pm    Intention free